Identity
Person No.
13592
Service No.
7899
Last Name
First Name
Arthur
Initials
A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DROW 1,203
Drowned
Cause of Death
Drowned at sea (from S.S. "Galway Castle"), as a result of an attack by an enemy submarine 160 miles S.W. and .5 S. of the Fastnet
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
Brother of Mrs. Jessie Kinghorn, of 23 York Avenue, Durban, Natal
Citations
***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file
External References
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K.M. Jordan — DLI research (ABW / WWI ROH)
K.M. Jordan, Durban Light Infantry: WWI Roll of Honour ("Work in Progress" draft, July/Aug 2026; email to John/Bobby, 3 Sep 2026). Local file data/jordan_dli_wwi_roh_2026-08.pdf (Downloads: "1. Durban Light Infantry WWI ROH - July, Aug 2026.pdf"). WWI ROH #86. Private LILE, Arthur, age 26, Force No 7899, 1st South African Infantry Brigade: Born Scotland 1892; a shunter with the SAR&H before enlistment; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914-1915; served with the 2nd Regiment in France & Belgium; WIA France10/12/1916. He was discharged at Bordon, Hampshire 28/3/1918 – medically unfit; drowned at sea after German submarine U-82 torpedoed & sank S.S. "Galway Castle" 160 miles south west of the Fastnet Rock in the Atlantic O… Buried/commemorated: Hollybrook Memorial to the Missing, Southampton, Hampshire, England. (Also, on the Durban Light Infantry & Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorials.) (NOT on SAR&H WWI Memorial.) (NOT on CWGC website.)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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